Jiu-Jitsu Combat Tricks - Japanese Method of Attack and Self Defense E-Book

H. Irving Hancock

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• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

This unique volume is an invaluable addition to any athlete's library. Jiu-Jitsu is a classic martial art developed primarily in Japan. Its roots can be traced back to the early seventeenth century, though it was only introduced to the United States in the late 1800s. In this one-of-a-kind manual, H. Irving Hancock distills the essence of Jiu-Jitsu combat into easy-to-understand, elegant instructions. Accompanied by thirty-two period photographs, this book is both an instructional guide and a historic window into early twentieth-century athleticism. Readers will learn the essential skills of Jiu-Jitsu, including: basic throat hold, tripping an opponent, defensive reversal from kneeling position, boxing defense, hook throws, and much more. At its most basic, Jiu-Jitsu is the art of defensive grappling—a close combat technique that instills discipline, flexibility, and efficiency of moment. This book is perfect for anyone looking to understand the classical essence of the art.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I.

Preliminary Training—How to Strengthen the Hands for Attack, and How to Toughen the Vulnerable Parts for Defence—Practice must be Constant until Performance of the Tricks Becomes Second Nature—Don't be in a Hurry to "Show Off" a New Trick to Friends—Coolness Absolutely Necessary to Success

CHAPTER II.

An Ordinary Throat-Hold : Its Throw-Off and the Sequence—A Scientific " Jiu-Jitsu" Throat-Hold- Other Methods of Seizing by the Throat

CHAPTER III.

Throat-Hold Attack and Counter Defences—A Throat-Hold from the Rear, and Its Combination with a Throw—The Defence—Different Styles of Hand-Blows in Defence

CHAPTER IV.

The Right Way and the Wrong Way to Trip an Opponent—How to Dodge the Trip—How to Kneel and Trip an Adversary—" Counters " That Are Possible

CHAPTER V.

Throat-Hold and Arm Throws over the Shoulder—The Kneeling and Rising Throw over the Shoulder— How to Render the Fallen Adversary Helpless .

CHAPTER VI.

The Boxer's Tricks Utterly Useless against the " Jiu-Jitsu "Adept—Why the Edge of the Hand is a More Dangerous Weapon than the Clinched Fist—The Use of the Base of the Hand—A Few Preliminary Ways of Stopping the Blows of the Boxer, with Damage to the Latter when Desired

CHAPTER VII.

-Arm-Hook and Fend-Off against the Boxer—Fend-Off and Kidney Blow—More about Side, Kidney, and Abdomen Blows, and When and How to Use Them—Dangers of the Base-of-the-Spine Blow—A Trick to be Used only in Desperate Cases .

CHAPTER VIII.

On the Gradual Acquirement of Speed—The Need of Working, Now, with an Experienced Boxer—Taking a Club Away from an Opponent—Agility Gained by this Work—Side-Stepping as Second Nature.

CHAPTER IX.

The Neatest of All " Jiu-Jitsu " Ways of Stopping a Boxer—Flooring and Holding Him Helpless without Doing Him Damage—Another Effective Way of Holding a Victim in Subjection after Having Thrown Him either in Boxing or in Wrestling .

CHAPTER X.

Forcing the Boxer to Fend His Own Blow—The Fall That Follows—The Nearest That the " Jiu-Jitsn" Adept Comes to Our Style of Boxing—Guarding against the Throat-blow and the Solar-Plexus Jab

CHAPTER XI.

Two Safe, Certain, and Easy Holds for Reducing an Opponent Straining an Adversary's Arm over the Shoulder—How the Victory may be Followed up with a Throw in Either of the Three Cases .

CHAPTER XII.

Tricks That may be Described as " Humorous "—One in Which the Policeman will See no Fun when He Happens to be the Victim, unless He Knows the " Counter," Which is also Described—The "Hand-Shake"—How the Japanese Policeman Forces a Prisoner to Accompany Him—The Value of this Trick in Ejecting a Troublesome Person

CHAPTER XIII.

A Clever Japanese Way of Exposing Shammed Unconsciousness—The Shoulder Pinch as a Means of Defence—A Handy Way of Stopping a Fight in a Second—An Attack from Behind That Leaves the Victim without Defence, and Its Application to a Burglar or Other Intruder

CHAPTER XIV.

Two Excellent Combination Attacks for Extreme Occasions—How to Stop a Passing Fugitive in the Street —How to Overtake a Fugitive and Reduce Him to Submission

CHAPTER XV.

Some Nice Problems in Attack and Defence that the Student can Solve with the Aid of What has been Described and the Hints That are Now Given

CHAPTER XVI.

Finishing Touches in the Japanese Science of Attack and Defence—A Summary of the Best Feats for Women to Practise and to Use at Need —Final Cautions to the Student Who would he Expert in " Jiu-Jitsu"

Jiu-Jitsu Combat Tricks

Japanese Method of Attack and Self Defense

H. Irving Hancock

First edition © 1904

First digital edition 2016 by David De Angelis

INTRODUCTION

It is but a few years ago that Jiu-Jitsu was unknown to the Western world. To-day the name is understood very generally, in English speaking countries, to refer to that mysterious art of self-defence by which the Japanese prove antagonists whom it is impossible to defeat in physical encounter. To some extent, too, a little knowledge of this strange art has come to us. Within the next few years it is to be expected that Jiu-Jitsu will be as well understood by us as boxing is to-day.

A knowledge of the Japanese art reduces boxing from a science of defence to the status of an excellent exercise. The well-trained Jiu-jitsian is able to meet and to defeat the fistic expert at all points. In this volume much attention has been paid to the methods by which the Japanese overcomes the exponent of ring work.

In scope the feats described in this volume comprise all that is essential in Jiu-Jitsu for purposes of personal encounter. Much that would be of interest only under Japanese conditions of life has been omitted. The tricks selected for analysis in this volume are those that are of the most value to the man of Anglo-Saxon heritage in matters of fighting.

Without doubt it will be urged that some of the Japanese feats explained in the following pages are, in the language of the ring, "foul." But fighting is an ugly business from the nature of things, and the Japanese contend that any means that brings victory is justifiable. It may be added that few men defeated by a jiu-jitsian are disabled for a period longer than a few moments following defeat. The lacerations and contusions that follow fisticuffs are unknown in Japan, where to disfigure an opponent would be considered a disgrace to the victor. 7iujitsu, while stern work, is the essence of politeness; it is aimed to show a bully the folly of fighting.

The greatest charm of all about jiu-jitsu is that it does not call for the employment of great strength. The weaker man, if skilled, is able to vanquish his stronger bat unversed opponent. The art has a history of more than twenty-five centuries, and, during its long course of evolution, Jiu-Jitsu has been perfected as the art of the smaller, weaker man.

Daily practice in this novel physical work makes rapidly for agility of body and of mind, and for great physical endurance. The Japanese soldier, sailor, and policeman take a compulsory government course in Jiu-Jitsu. The physical performances of the Japanese in their war with Russia should be sufficient to establish even seemingly extravagant claims for the value of jiu-jitsu as the best system of bodily training known to the world.

H. IRVING HANCOCK.

NEW YORK, July 25, 1904.

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY TRAINING-HOW TO STRENGTHEN THE HANDS FOR ATTACK, AND HOW TO TOUGHEN THE VULNERABLE PARTS FOR DEFENCE - PRACTICE MUST BE CONSTANT UNTIL PERFORMANCE OF THE TRICKS BECOMES SECOND NATURE-DON'T BE IN A HURRY TO "SHOW OFF" A NEW TRICK TO FRIENDS - COOLNESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO SUCCESS